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UMTWilYCLIST IN Sore twl---- a oteor sido notor cycle in Williams lane, single, of Baillie street, Horsham, being seriously injured. clis Mr. Hodgetts was riding 'the motorand cycle and was proceeding out. of the i yard of a dairy when his machine was e struck by a motor vehicle;, which was travelling in an easterly direction. The truck was being 'driven by 'Mr. a Stanley Rook. 'The motor :cycle had: 'i apparently I turned to proceed towards the Stawell road, for the collision was .almost head-on. The machine and rider were carried along in front of .the motor truck for a distance of ni.ie yards, and then Mr. Hodgetts was thrown ] heavily to the roadway. i He, was obviously painfully iinjured ! and thie Horsham. police and a doctor: were. immediately summoned.:' First-: ] Constable E. Meaney aind r C WVilling conveyed' M. H~odgetts to the Horsham iBase Hospital,' where: he. ýwas admitted.'i" An examinationi disclosed that he Ihad a fractiured skull. Up until yes terdayth injured man had only short periods -of consciousness, and' his con dition?siwa eported to be serious . Slight damage was dione to thie mo itor truck ~nd the motobrcycle: